Dark Souls 2 Wiki [DKS2 Wiki]

Ds2 is a game defined by these things: Plastic Graphics, Clunky Animation, Eh Lore, Good Weapon Variety, Good Pvp Combat, Okay pvp balance, Bad Soul Memory, Bad Online Rewards, No full eye orbs, Okay Bosses, Okay'ish level design, and Creative Characters. The gameplay (pve and pvp) makes up for the other things. I'm sorry if this sounds negative, good game.

#16809870

By Anonymous - Sun Jan 01, 2023 4:17 am

- Sun Jan 01, 2023 4:17 am #16809870

Why no page for doors?

#16809577

By Anonymous - Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:56 am

- Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:56 am #16809577

"I wonder what the DS2 wiki comments are like!" wow, how... unique! i'd recommend all of ya to look at the cathartic spew below, once you reach in far enough, you'll see some good crap.

#16806922

By Anonymous - Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:10 pm

- Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:10 pm #16806922

What are the pros and cons of Dark Souls 2 being my first souls game?

#16809030

By Grim_Reaper - Wed Dec 28, 2022 6:51 pm

- Wed Dec 28, 2022 6:51 pm #16809030

Main cons are the bad controlls, bad hit boxes, illogical level design (except DLCs), boring boss fights (except DLCs) and the complete random lore without an overarching story keeping it together. it's the strange cousin in the family. Worst thing happening is you might lose interest in Soulsborne. You are better off with Demons and Dark Souls as your first Souls game. I strongly suggest Dark Souls 3 then. It's the most polished game. That said DS2 can still be a fun experience. Just not the best example of the franchise.

#16809871

By Anonymous - Sun Jan 01, 2023 4:18 am

- Sun Jan 01, 2023 4:18 am #16809871

Thanks. Never heard of "bad controlls" in this game.

#16832232

By Anonymous - Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:10 pm

- Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:10 pm #16832232

The bad control comment is probably referring to the fact that they opted to essentially limit the left stick to 8-directional input only. It makes even mildly narrow ledges a nightmare. You will want to nudge your character left but instead you get straight... straight... straight... and then all of a sudden you juke hard left right off the ledge. It was a super bizarre choice.

If you play on PC there's a community-built tool that intercepts your joystick input and tweaks it for the game to give you something closer to natural movement.

#16888006

By Anonymous - Fri Jun 09, 2023 4:54 am

- Fri Jun 09, 2023 4:54 am #16888006

Pros of it being your 1st? If u like it you will love the rest of the serie. And if u don't like it you will like the other games(likely)
Con: no more adaptability :(

#16799116

By MararStufos - Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:53 am

- Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:53 am #16799116

My first dark souls game because it does not make my pc explode. I can't compare it to other games in the series but it was really awesome (except frigid outskirts). Can't wait to play other games in the series.

#16796552

By Anonymous - Sun Nov 13, 2022 3:16 am

- Sun Nov 13, 2022 3:16 am #16796552

Lack of offline mode makes it unplayable.

#16801960

By Anonymous - Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:10 pm

- Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:10 pm #16801960

But it has an offline mode.

#16793775

By Anonymous - Thu Nov 03, 2022 6:09 pm

- Thu Nov 03, 2022 6:09 pm #16793775

As long as you don't compare it to other souls games it's pretty fun. Playing it for the first time this year and I'm vibing with it. Now it does have it's fair share of flaws like the wacky hitboxes and adaptability being a thing but other than that it's decent.
7/10 probably the weakest of the main souls games but still pretty good. Definitely unfairly hated